Experts remain divided on Iowa

Mets of whom I have never heard are failing in new and exciting ways.

when we were kids we used to drink straight from the internet

The rating is what first tipped me off that the notification was referring to Hashem, the masculine Arabic name, and not Hashem, the Jewish God, because if it were referring to the latter, that rating would be much lower.

Fundraising is exhausting. Much thanks to the individual who helped me out but I’m still in the hole because I got hit with five overdraft fees. I should be ok soon, I just need some help to get over this hurdle. Trust me, any bit helps and I will pay it forward. Venmo: @girlinthetardis

The 80s were precisely as bizarre as you remember

When I am not on Lexapro, it is much easier to use my pathological, chronic sense of doubt to manipulate me or to nudge me in the direction you think is best. No wonder these men hate SSRIs.

it's a mostly-bad book that gets steelmanned into a good book constantly and im tired of pretending otherwise www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...

There are two kinds of devoted fans: - those who understand “Where is Springfield?” is a meta joke with no right answer that will never be resolved. - those who INSIST there must be one true answer and have many, many theories built around evidence they accept and evidence they discredit

It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

Saying this now, just in case - - New Yorkers hated Giuliani on 9/10, couldn't wait to get rid of him - Giuliani was in the street on 9/11 bc the Command Center at 7WTC was destroyed (he put it there to be near Judi Nathan) - Giuliani killed 343 firemen by forcing cheap radios on them

Warning everyone about — no one would believe me would they

A class at my kids’ school put up little statements about the good they want to do in the world and I was over the moon about this one - then I learned they meant to say “teach people in jail” which is also good!

Here’s how South Carolina beat back a measles outbreak: “Measles vaccinations were the most effective single containment tool”

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As someone who briefly returned to smoking during a traumatic year, I appreciate that the most inane assholes on the Internet are saying Smoking Is Cool, Actually. I will never light another cigarette again simply out of spite for the boring-ass tallow eugenics hammer jaw smarmy loser crowd.

the Really About Something Elseness is strong here

honestly the only Millennial / Gen Z dividing point that matters to me is this: do you remember how things were pre-9/11? and, crucially, how everyone lost their minds on and after 9/11? If so, you're a millennial or older.

“Should I start smoking again?” I wondered late last year. Smoked the equivalent of a pack before realizing it was a combination of overwhelm, depression, and stupidity.

@datedateline.bsky.social When I lived in Nebraska, my mom (in NYC) did the same thing as Katie’s sister, calling to warn me about tornadoes. Most of the time they’d be in another part of the state, and she didn’t understand how big the state was.

The pitch here is basically a machine that creates a dream for people who can't dream.

Any time AI people pitch this vision of entertainment, is there ever an actual use case that isn't sociopathic? Imagine the dumbest asshole at your work telling you about the bespoke romcom slop he generated last night starring himself (it will always be a "him.")

Everything is so stupid

The man in the exam room next to mine at the ophthalmologist is explaining to the staff what podcasts are

Can't stop singing this to the theme of the Muppet Show

The guy in charge of prosecuting fraud should not be financially tied to a peddler of fraudulent detox and breast thermography, using a 3-year offshore MD/PhD that’s not credibly recognized in the US. Also, was Kristine Blanche associated with the Scientology cult’s scammy “detox” of 9/11 rescuers?

Soliloquy. I have a PhD in Shakespeare.

sorry for this unhinged post

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It is by no means the worst thing that the Israeli government has done, but if I wanted to make a cover for a book about what worship of the nation-state is doing to Jewish identity and practice, I can hardly think of a more resonant image than this one.

Sitting here trying to sit in a chair, thinking about how late 00s Twitter was right about sitting in chairs

Teachers are in a terrible position. No matter what we do it takes us three times as long and students are going to try to find a way around it My colleagues who use AI checkers typically follow them up w/required draft histories & conversations I’m using more oral exams, blue books, it all sucks

Major League Baseball at the end of the 1998 season:

Solution: don’t go.

The main thing in art and entertainment to keep your finger on the pulse of the fans and what they want, their feedback is so important.

oh its worse in context

(Personally I’m a Stevie truther. We have to redate the canon a bit, but c’mon.)

Happy 462nd bday to a glovemaker's son from Stratford whose "plays" were written by either Edward de Vere, Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, Aemilia Lanier, Miguel de Cervantes, Queen Elizabeth I, or Stevie Nicks, whose totally made-up legend continues to support a vast tourism industry today.

First of all, the curse has nothing to do with our cute-as-a-button mayor. We are cursed because to honor Brian Wilson after his death last summer, CitiField blasted *Kokomo* during a game. Secondly, …. …. …. it’s 11 games in a row.

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Gentlemen. can we try NOT objectifying the ark of the covenant????? 😂😭

Every example used to push the "men are lonely" narrative makes me think "no, men are not lonely enough."

Looking up contemporaneous reviews of Simpsons episodes that are now undisputed classics is the begining of the realization that sometimes the hardest of the hard core fans can have the most inexplicable takeaways.

At least NFTs were only social proof you were stupid, they didn’t directly make you stupider